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Has anyone pointed out to her that the Scripture states that no one will know when Jesus comes?

So, if she "knows" he's coming in her lifetime... he isn't. QED motherfucker.

Well scripture also has Jesus telling his followers that he'll be coming back during their lifetime.

so....

There are two problems with that.

The first is that it forces an eschatological context to passages that don't bear it naturally. Many of the frequently cited passages appear, in context, to refer to the Resurrection, Transfiguration, Glorification, or Ascension.

The second is that Greek "γενεα" is much broader than the English "generation". It also commonly refers to race or nation, more similar to the English "genus". The precise meaning depends on context, and the context isn't clear here- it could just as easily reference the human race or the Jewish people in the passages that refer to "this generation" in the NIV. English doesn't have an exact equivalent. Notably, both of these rough equivalents are derived from γενεα.

Some citations depend on the former error, others the latter. Some may involve both, depending on interpretation. If you wish to cite specific passages, I will explain in more detail.

Yes- cute, but you still aren't taking into account the original Greek like fuzz is. The problem with reading the Bible and just taking out of it what you think you get from the direct translation is missing all of the double and triple meanings of some Greek and Hebrew words.

"The Kingdom of God" is very ambiguous. It usually refers to heaven, and by extension divine authority in general. It is only used in scripture in an eschatological contexts with addition qualifiers.

This passage follows Peter's confession of Christ and precedes the Transfiguration. Within context, it clearly refers to Christs divine authority on earth, which began temporally and formally when God claimed Jesus as his son and granted him His authority on the mountain.

Read in context, this passage says nothing about eschatology.

The King James isn't bad, but it's in 17th century English, which is very different from 21st. You can screw things up if you try to attach the 21st century meanings to things.

Has anyone pointed out to her that the Scripture states that no one will know when Jesus comes?

So, if she "knows" he's coming in her lifetime... he isn't. QED motherfucker.

Well scripture also has Jesus telling his followers that he'll be coming back during their lifetime.

so....

There are two problems with that.

The first is that it forces an eschatological context to passages that don't bear it naturally. Many of the frequently cited passages appear, in context, to refer to the Resurrection, Transfiguration, Glorification, or Ascension.

The second is that Greek "γενεα" is much broader than the English "generation". It also commonly refers to race or nation, more similar to the English "genus". The precise meaning depends on context, and the context isn't clear here- it could just as easily reference the human race or the Jewish people in the passages that refer to "this generation" in the NIV. English doesn't have an exact equivalent. Notably, both of these rough equivalents are derived from γενεα.

Some citations depend on the former error, others the latter. Some may involve both, depending on interpretation. If you wish to cite specific passages, I will explain in more detail.

Yes- cute, but you still aren't taking into account the original Greek like fuzz is. The problem with reading the Bible and just taking out of it what you think you get from the direct translation is missing all of the double and triple meanings of some Greek and Hebrew words.

Why should I have to be the one who takes into account the other possible meanings from the original Greek? Given the amount of time that this passage has been around and the number of people that read it as it is and find it confusing shouldn't the proper corrections have been made yet to clear up these mistranslations? Why is it that every one of those other passages I posted all say essentially the same thing, even though they come from different versions of the bible?

Yes- cute, but you still aren't taking into account the original Greek like fuzz is. The problem with reading the Bible and just taking out of it what you think you get from the direct translation is missing all of the double and triple meanings of some Greek and Hebrew words.

The issue here isn't the original language. "Kingdom of God" clearly conveys the meaning of the original Greek. The issue is applying a specialized context without any indication that that is the context intended. It's something that people do a lot when they read a portion of something out of context, but is very difficult to do without intent when a passage is read naturally.

Yes- cute, but you still aren't taking into account the original Greek like fuzz is. The problem with reading the Bible and just taking out of it what you think you get from the direct translation is missing all of the double and triple meanings of some Greek and Hebrew words.

Why should I have to be the one who takes into account the other possible meanings from the original Greek? Given the amount of time that this passage has been around and the number of people that read it as it is and find it confusing shouldn't the proper corrections have been made yet to clear up these mistranslations? Why is it that every one of those other passages I posted all say essentially the same thing, even though they come from different versions of the bible?

It's not a mistranslation. It's a perfectly acceptable one.

While it doesn't come up in this case, the word "γενεα", which causes a lot of confusion in other, similar passages, has no real English equivalent. "Generation" is the closest, least interpretive solution that doesn't make the passage near unreadable.

You only posted one passage, in multiple translations. They actually vary quite a bit as translations go. The meaning is the same between all of them because there aren't any major controversies in the meaning of the Greek in those passages.

Has anyone pointed out to her that the Scripture states that no one will know when Jesus comes?

So, if she "knows" he's coming in her lifetime... he isn't. QED motherfucker.

Well scripture also has Jesus telling his followers that he'll be coming back during their lifetime.

so....

There are two problems with that.

The first is that it forces an eschatological context to passages that don't bear it naturally. Many of the frequently cited passages appear, in context, to refer to the Resurrection, Transfiguration, Glorification, or Ascension.

The second is that Greek "γενεα" is much broader than the English "generation". It also commonly refers to race or nation, more similar to the English "genus". The precise meaning depends on context, and the context isn't clear here- it could just as easily reference the human race or the Jewish people in the passages that refer to "this generation" in the NIV. English doesn't have an exact equivalent. Notably, both of these rough equivalents are derived from γενεα.

Some citations depend on the former error, others the latter. Some may involve both, depending on interpretation. If you wish to cite specific passages, I will explain in more detail.